Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | yesterday
Veteran actress DAME MAGGIE SMITH is back at work following her reported battle with breast cancer. The British screen legend underwent chemotherapy earlier this year (08) ...
The Gryffindor Gazette (Free subscription) | yesterday
Actress Maggie Smith who plays beloved professor Minerva McGonagall , is back on the set of her latest project From Time to Time , a children’s fantasy story. Ms. Smith has been undergoing treatment for cancer for the last few months, but now seems to be on the road to recovery. Good luck to her! Tags: Harry Potter , Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , Hogwarts staff , Maggie Smith , Minerva McGonagall...
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 15/09/2008
(2004) Maggie Smith and Judi Dench play a couple of spinster sisters who fall for a young Polish refugee in this stately period melodrama.
Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
"My street cred is gone." -Dame Helen Mirren on receiving the honor. Dame Maggie Smith. Dame Judi Dench. Dame Agatha Christie. Dame Helen Mirren. Dame Peggy Ashcroft. Dame Eileen Atkins. Dame May Whitty. Dame Edna. Dame Shirley Bassey. Dame Julie Andrews. Dame Gladys Cooper. Dame Edith Evans. Dame Vivienne Westwood. Or Dame Elizabeth Taylor? It's your choice. Just make one.
The Fidra Blog (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
I loved Julian Fellowes’ screenplay for the film Gosford Park (especially the moment when Maggie Smith comments, acerbically, “difficult colour, that green,” eyeing another woman’s dress). I haven’t read Snobs, his other novel, but I’ve heard good reports of it, so my expectations were high when Vanessa gave me a proof of Past Imperfect. Damian Baxter, [...]
Backseat Cuddler (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
It’s finally online, not just a teaser, but the first actual trailer for the film. The film is directed by David Yates and stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, David Bradley, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Tom Felton, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Natalia Tena, Julie Walters, David Thewlis, Evanna Lynch, Matthew [...]
DVDVerdict (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Reviewed by Gordon Sullivan Quote: "Although these aren't Maggie Smith's finest work, I have to give the set credit for delivering what it promises, Maggie Smith at the BBC."
Needcoffee.com (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
Andromeda Strain winners are: Nick Brewer of New Jersey, Summer Dietzel of Oregon, and Shania Duncan of Texas. Drawn Together copies will be going out to Thalia Cochran of Kentucky, Aris Rychener of Michigan, and Melissa Painter of Louisiana. The Maggie Smith Collections are slated for: Frank Straton of Massachusetts, Carrie Clouse of Florida, and Shauna Smith [...]
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 24/06/2008
Film News: Film stars Maggie Smith and Timothy Spall -- Ealing Studios Intl. has racked up sales for Julian Fellowes sophomore directorial effort "From Time to Time."
GreenCine Guru (Free subscription) | 12/06/2008
Reviewer: James van Maanen Rating (out of 5): *** (Overall) The BBC has lately bestowed upon us several collections of work by England's current grand dames of entertainment: Maggie Smith, Helen Mirren and-âthe Dame under consideration here--Judi Dench. This...
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
A stage and screen veteran, British actress Margaret Tyzack's many theatre credits include His Girl Friday, Auntie & Me, Southwark Fair, As You Desire Me, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and, with Maggie Smith, Lettice & Lovage, for which she won a Tony win it transferred to Broadway. This week, she opens at the Donmar Warehouse in The Chalk Garden, the first major London revival of Enid Bagnold's...
Needcoffee.com (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
It is common knowledge that Dame Maggie Smith is wonderful. So there's not a soul who wouldn't dig this three-disc set from BBC Home Video. Four television performances plus a tribute, interviews and more. We've got three copies here. Want one? Sure thing. Step up and enter. Rules: 1) You [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 25/05/2008
If Hello! magazine were a person, she would be a socially anxious woman of a certain age, played by Maggie Smith. An invitation to a royal wedding would fill her with joy and terror. Then imagine the mortification of being told that her presence had lowered the tone and that it was an error of judgement to have put her on the guest list. And this despite her personal donation of £500,000. This has...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 23/05/2008
"Maggie Smith at the BBC" showcases the many talents of the formidable British stage and screen star.
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 21/05/2008
Rent It Reviewer's Note: This review is based on screener review discs, not a final shelf product. While most final products will contain the same materials as were featured on the review discs, additions and omissions can occur, as can variations in video and audio quality. No information is available on packaging, either. If and when a final shelf product for this title becomes available, I will...
